A new Pentagon policy on stricter fitness tests includes instructions that unit leaders be “held accountable” for their troops’ performances. To monitor the new standards, three military services said Inspector General offices are assessing or will soon assess how the new standards are put into practice as part of regular readiness reviews.
Since taking the helm of the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has pushed for stricter fitness standards and admonished the presence of “fat troops” or “fat generals.
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President Trump thinks Iran is about to cave. Speaking in Denton, Texas, on Thursday, where he campaigned for Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton, the president told the crowd the US is in a conflict “with a country that will never have a nuclear weapon and is ready to fold up,” according to Breitbart.
“We’ll win very easily right now,” he added. “Their currency is valueless. They have no money.”
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), back, steams alongside the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Mediterranean Sea, April 24, 2019. The John C.
U.S. President Donald Trump has conceded that the Iran war could cost his party control of Congress at next month’s midterm elections.
The Republican Party is heavily behind in most polls, with voters citing frustration over the cost of living and Trump’s foreign policy.
President Donald Trump participates in the swearing-in ceremony for Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz, Friday, April 18, 2025, in the Oval Office.
The Social Security ledger is moving in the wrong direction, with the program paying out more than it collects and drawing down reserves. Of course, the reserves are finite and will eventually be depleted.
If current projections hold, Social Security’s principal retirement trust fund will exhaust its reserves in the early 2030s. That doesn’t necessarily mean Social Security will suddenly have no money, since payroll taxes would keep coming in. But without congressional action, incoming revenue would cover only about three-quarters of scheduled benefits.
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“It’s going to be a bloodbath!” That’s what pro-MAGA pollster Rich Baris and former Trump attorney (now a critic) Robert Barnes told me in recent interviews about the upcoming Midterms this November. The dominant Republican Party faces three interconnected problems when Americans arrive at the polls (early voting is already occurring in some states).
All of that stems from the unpopularity of the Iran War, the declining U.S.
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Five weeks before the midterms, I want to tell you about a question we asked 10,000 military spouses almost by accident: we asked them if they voted.
The question was one of three civic engagement items we borrowed from the Census Bureau’s survey and tucked into the National Military Family Association’s Joanne Holbrook Patton Military Spouse Scholarship application out of genuine curiosity.
Ukraine Uses New Ballistic Missile for the First Time – Ukraine just used its new and domestically produced FP-7 ballistic missile against Russia for the first time, marking a major milestone for Kyiv as it works to reduce its reliance on long-range weapons from Western allies. It also comes as both Russia and Ukraine seek to inflict increasing damage on their respective energy infrastructure ahead of the coming winter heating season.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the first combat use of the ballistic missile in a statement published on Telegram on October 1.
Zelenskyy: Putin Told His Commanders the Rules of War No Longer Apply – “He said there are no rules now.” That’s how Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the order he says Vladimir Putin gave his military leadership in September. That strategy should put all of Europe on notice.
U.S. Calls for Europe to Release Diesel Reserves – The United States has urged European countries to release diesel reserves amid a global shortage of the vital commodity.
Prices have skyrocketed to record highs across the U.S. and Europe as conflicts in the Middle East and eastern Europe limit global supplies.
President Donald Trump attends UFC 314 at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, Saturday, April 12, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)
President Donald Trump attends UFC 314 at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, Saturday, April 12, 2025.
Iran Is Losing Its Grip on the Strait of Hormuz – Iran’s most valuable trump card is losing its value. For decades, the Strait of Hormuz was the ace Tehran kept up its sleeve in every confrontation with Washington.
Before this current conflict, roughly 100 ships and 20 million barrels of oil moved through that narrow stretch of water every day. Close it, the theory went, and the world economy would come begging.
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